About the Company

A global FMCG organisation is seeking a hands‑on, high‑impact HR Business Partner to support a major period of transformational change. This is a fast‑paced, delivery‑focused role supporting both blue‑ and white‑collar populations in a unionised environment.

About the Role - Contractor role can be remote until the end of the year

This is not admin. Not a task‑taking role. This is for someone who owns work, drives outcomes, brings structure and delivers exceptional documentation across complex people matters.

Responsibilities

Partner with senior leaders and across a mixed workforce
Support restructuring, workforce planning, performance, talent and wider people initiatives
Build strong relationships with trade unions and support union engagement
Deliver confident HR advice during change programmes
Support ER cases (grievances, disciplinaries, performance) with high‑quality written outputs
Produce clear investigations, case summaries and stakeholder briefs
Bring pace, judgement and clarity where work needs direction
Support delivery of the UK People Plan in a global matrix environment

Qualifications and skills

Strong HRBP experience in global FMCG, industrial or similar high‑performance environments

Proven experience with unionised blue‑ and white‑collar teams
Solid UK ER expertise and confidence handling complex cases
Able to influence senior leaders and act as a trusted advisor
Exceptional written communication - structured, accurate, clear
Highly organised, proactive, and confident driving work independently
Experience with HR systems (Workday ideal)
CIPD Level 5+ or equivalent experience
Exceptional written communication - structured, accurate, clear
Highly organised, proactive, and confident driving work independently
Experience with HR systems (Workday ideal)

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.

Inventum Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy